Daily Journal

Area D

Trench 4

July 30, 2002

Today we started to the day by taking the elevations of yesterday. Then we have taken out L4082 ( that was the first surface that we have faced at the north west side of the trench). Now we are able to see that the rocks; actually the wall with the locus 4084 do not touch the floor; 4085 ( the second surface in the same area; that was used to be L4082). L4084 came out from the west baulk of the sounding D3, and they are being cut by the pit that still remains in the trench since last season; it was L4028.

Then we began to excavate L4079; that is on the east of the trench, and I have to mention that only a considerable part of it has the same context with L4086. The interesting thing is the south east corner of the trench, because it is still hard dirt; as I have mentioned it before it is still sub topsoil ( the reason for this is being at the slope and excavating a bit slow because of facing too many surfaces after surfaces).

Besides this we have articulated L4083, and during our articulation we have taken out the drain pipe out. It looks like a Late Assyrian drain- pipe, but I am not sure of it. On the other hand I have taken the small finds out; two of them are from L4065 and their KT# is 84 and 85, then we have worked stone from L4079 and its KT# is 6, then the last two till breakfast were from L4083 ( the first surface at the north west side of the trench) their KT# are 5 and 6. At the end of the day we have taken the drain- pipe out and I have labeled as a small find that comes from L4083 and has the KT# as 7.

I hope that tomorrow I will be able to take out L4086 and L4087 more or less 15cm down, and I think that I need to lift up the rocks (the wall) of L4081 off.